
Immigration Agents Detain Boy With Disabilities Outside LA School
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After the school principal intervened, the agents left live bullets behind in a case of what the district superintendent called "mistaken identity."
Immigration agents in Los Angeles on Monday mistakenly detained a 15-year-old boy with disabilities, dragging him from a parked car while his grandma was in a nearby high school helping another family member register for classes.
According to Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who reviewed video of the incident, authorities who approached the boy first assured him they weren’t enforcing immigration law, nor were they part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The footage shows the masked agents who surrounded the car were wearing tactical vests reading “POLICE” with what appears to be “U.S. Border Patrol” written underneath, Carvalho said at a press conference Monday.
“It is disturbing. It is heartbreaking. It is reprehensible,” he said of the incident.
“This young man was placed in handcuffs, presumably based on mistaken identity. He was not an adult. He’s a 15-year-old boy with significant disabilities,” Carvalho said, praising the high school principal for “courageously” stepping in to stabilize the situation.













